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The Home of Squanto and Tonto
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Gershon Wolf
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history, home, world war
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Thankful to get a home
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Rashmi Kumari
| Enclosed Rhyme |
home, dream, family, future, graduate,
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Hurricane '05 - Katrina
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Colette Dright
| Narrative |
endurance, grief, heartbroken, home,
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Wintertime in Cyprus
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Dave Timperley
| Rhyme |
home, winter,
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Softly, as darkness descends
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
celebration, holiday, home, symbolism,
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Song of Sorrow
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
home, change, conflict, environment, health,
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A Gloomy Day
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ilene bauer
| Rhyme |
home, weather,
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Working from home
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David Horne
| Blank verse |
home, humorous, rude, work,
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Take me home
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Abidah Mahri
| Free verse |
blessing, courage, home, life,
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Low-rent Tent
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Gershon Wolf
| Limerick |
home, money,
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Strong-Rooted Thesis
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I have been reading a rootless thesis:
Lack of commitment to a permanent home
causes depression,
over-commitment to inside claustrophobic voices,
failing immune systems,
obesity,
disassociation,
fear of outdoor climate pathologies,
infestations
alien predators
threats...
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Categories:
earth, environment, health, home,
The Key Got Stuck
by ilene bauer
The key got stuck inside the lock
Securing our son's door.
We turned and twisted but
It wasn't budging anymore.
The locksmith took a bit of time
But finally...
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Categories:
home,
Proper Perspective
by Curtis Moorman
PROPER PERSPECTIVE
In the scheme of life, it is imperative to ensure that it is viewed in the proper perspective. Else, the temerity with which...
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Categories:
america, faith, freedom, home,
Small Town
by Sherry Asbury
In the fifties, I was a child of six
we moved to a small town in what some might
tauntingly call, the middle of the...
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Categories:
environment, home, usa,
The New Bookcase
by ilene bauer
We ordered a bookcase.
It came in a box.
To put it together,
We had to outfox
Supposed instructions –
All pics, not a word.
Yet we carried on...
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Categories:
home,
Have You Seen Her
by curtis johnson
I saw her the other day with large bags at a coffee store ...
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Categories:
america, christian, home, love,
HOLLYWOOD EASE
by VAL BROOKLYN Rogers BLK PANTHER
Places ease say cheese please.
Bless you sneeze
Major honey I'm my life
Pleasure breathe the breath
Of royalty and spice.
The pressed and posh LIFE.
This is HOLLYWOOD with it's
Walk...
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Categories:
home, blessing, culture, film, history,
Bienvenido
by Winsome Miller-Rowe
Nestled in the hills, with panoramic view
Of hills and valleys and skies of blue
I sit on the porch in the morning hours
And listen to the...
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Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, emotions, home,
ON MY VERANDA
by Line Gauthier
Only on my veranda do I feel like the king of my castle
No better place to put up my feet and take stock
My...
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Categories:
appreciation, dream, happiness, home,
Our School Song
by Carol Connell
There is a place where we can go
to gain instruction for our mind and soul
where we strive to live by the golden rule.
It's none other...
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Categories:
god, home, memory, school,
Search For Tomorrow
by Subimal Sinha-Roy
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
On the bank of a placid river
built a little house, brick and mortar of my labor,
in all the sunny days made it a...
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Categories:
analogy, happiness, home, life,
IT SPOKE
by Line Gauthier
it spoke to me
deep in my soul
i took it home
posted on October 26, 2018...
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Categories:
home, inspirational, meaningful,
IN HIS MANCAVE
by Line Gauthier
in his mancave
trophies abound
~ passion on pause
posted on October 26, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
appreciation, home, men, passion,
Six Ticks
by Dominic Middleton
Six ticks enough for me
Sort shelter at the home for less
Broken dreams of hearts desires
Resided in the home of less
Mental strain an back pain
The price...
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Categories:
home,
Just Another Day In My Man Cave
by matthew harris
I always arise
at break of dawn,
when curtained solar
radiance openly drawn
upon a vast
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Free verse |
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Categories:
home, 5th grade, age, art,
THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS
by Line Gauthier
The cold and gloomy weather upon us
Like a shroud of humdrum bitter harshness
Gives us cause to look inward for solace
Stirring up dormant passion to harness
As...
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Categories:
appreciation, autumn, family, home,
HOW THINGS CHANGE
by Line Gauthier
you know you're getting old
when your idea of a great party
is one that gets you home by seven
in time for your favourite tv show
posted on...
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Categories:
age, home, old,
This Old House
by Wren Rushing
Dust now covers where love once lived,
years of happiness wrapped in laughter.
This old house has seen its share,
of joy and tears...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
home, house, memory, parents,
UNINVITED
by Line Gauthier
a cold gust
pervading the room
an uninvited guest
a glacial entity
imposing
hovering
taking over
bound to stay
making itself
at home
posted on October 15, 2018...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
anxiety, confusion, dark, home,
The Dilettante Diaries - Pouring Champagne on a Hot Wind and Lighting the Bonfires of the Vanity
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.”
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
“Vulgar, but not as...
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Categories:
abuse, children, home, political,